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WorksheetsLetters and newspapers 2
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Royal messengers were men of _________.
not importance
very importance
some importance
Government messengers carried state documents and they worked _________.
in groups
in relays
alone
____________ ruled Persia nearly 2500 years ago and set up inns and stables along his loyal roads.
Julius Caesar
Alexander the great
Darius the great
The distance between the battle of Marathon and Athen is about ___________.
forty-two kilometers
thirty- two kilometers
twenty- two kilometers
During the middle ages, the courts throughout Europe had ____________.
Amatuer messengers
Professional messengers
Royal messengers
It is said that a good courier could take the king message from London to Scotland in _____________.
four days
five days
six days
The first Post Office Act of Parliament was passed in 1657 in the time of __________.
Queen Elizabeth
Henry Bishop
Oliver Cromwell
The first kind of newspaper appeared in ancient Rome in the time of ___________.
Julius Caesar
Claudius
Augustus
____________ began to appear after the invention of printing.
Letters and newspapers
Pamphlets and news books
Pamphlets and letters
William Dockwra used his own special ____________ shaped marks for stamping letters.
Square and diamond
Diamond and heart
Triangle and heart
Throughout Europe, kings and princes employed ________ to send them letters with the news and reports of events in other countries as well as their own.
Messengers
Reporters
Spies
Ordinary people had to rely on only ___________ for the news in Europe.
word of message
word of mouth
word of month
The first English Journalists met regularly at the entrance of ___________ in London to exchange news.
St. Martin Cathedral
St. Pancras Cathedral
St. Paul's Cathedral
The first regular newspaper was published in Germany and came out __________.
Once a year
Once a month
Once a week
The name of the first daily newspaper in Britain is __________.
Daily Current
Daily Courage
Daily Courant
